title: Push-pull aminobithiophenes--highly fluorescent stable fluorophores.
abstract: Stable 2-aminobithiophenes were prepared using the Gewald reaction. The resulting push-pull bithiophenes exhibited both unprecedented high fluorescence yields and stability in addition to demonstrating fluorescence on-off properties.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Caractérisation Photophysique des Matériaux Conjugués, Département de Chimie, Université de Montréal, CP 6128, Centre-ville Montreal, QC, Canada.
authors.forename: Yanmei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: Andréanne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bolduc
authors.forename: Nicholas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: McGregor
authors.forename: W G
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Skene